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June 30, 2006
Category: Blog
Posted by Razib Khan at 7:20 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blog
Janet has the details, but we're winding down. Three things: 1) Thanks to everyone who gave, I didn't raise much myself, but something is way better than nothing and good is accomplished in small steps 2) Mad props to "DS"...
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Category: Blog
It is well known that academics tend to be on the political Left. Some people are angry about this, but I don't particularly care. Members of Opus Dei tend to be on the Right, does that surprise? Nevertheless, I am...
Posted by Razib Khan at 2:29 AM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 29, 2006
Category: Blog
Closeup 1 has revamped their website and is ramping up for their 2006 edition, though for a poetically inclined folk this introduction does translate somewhat manically into English: Dreams & Talents Confidence & Aspiration Voice & The Microphone A Nation...
Posted by Razib Khan at 11:08 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Genetics
It seems that others have a compulsion to control the means of my opinion production. 5 questions from Hsien Hsien Lei aimed at me. Lei runs a great weblog, Genetics and Health....
Posted by Razib Khan at 12:06 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Genetics
In Unequal by nature: A geneticist's perspective on human differences, James F. Crow states: Two populations may have a large overlap and differ only slightly in their means. Still, the most outstanding individuals will tend to come from the population...
Posted by Razib Khan at 5:52 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 28, 2006
Category: Genetics
In the long winded post below I referred to genetic conflicts in pregnancy. If you are curious about this, I highly recommend Mother Nature by Sarah Hrdy. Though the topic is placed in the context of female evolution (of our...
Posted by Razib Khan at 2:44 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blog
The paper that was supposed to be out nearly a week ago is finally on the PNAS site. This isn't the first time this has cropped up. Additionally, I can't believe that someone is writing all the press releases which...
Posted by Razib Khan at 2:26 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 27, 2006
Category: Genetics
Janet points me to this post which points to this research which reinforces the theory that placental environment might have a strong effect on the phenotype of the fetus. Since I've expressed an interest in genomic imprinting let me respond...
Posted by Razib Khan at 11:30 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
A random hot chick approached me and started talking to me on the street, real aggressive like. I was pretty taken aback until I realized she was a Jehovah's Witness, though I didn't comprehend that until I looked at the...
Posted by Razib Khan at 12:14 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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